Change Maternity allowance to earned income treat the same as smp

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

I have just gone on maternity and unfortunately have not been in my current job long enough to receive smp missing out on it by 3 weeks, I have had to claim maternity allowance however this is classed as unearned income and deducted from my universal credit award leaving me in a deficit.

This is unfair to new mums who are wanting to enjoy maternity leave essentially it’s leaving new mums on unpaid maternity leave because it’s given in one hand and taken in the other, if we received smp then it would be treated as income and would not be deducted pound for pound. Instead of enjoying the time with the baby new mums are sat stressing how they will pay bills and like myself actually debating not having maternity leave and returning to work 4 weeks after having a section!

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: Treat Maternity Allowance the same as SMP when claiming other benefits

Timeline

24 Oct 2022	Petition opened for signatures
28 Oct 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 28 Oct 2022

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